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Ave María
In the half dark of twilight, Ana crept up the moonlit garden path of the Santa María Manuela Catholic Girls School. She hid in the shadows, her dark hair an extension of the night while her deep brown eyes were bright and wide with fear. There was no turning back now, she had to find what was taken from them, no matter what the church thought of her family.
By A poem to you3 years ago in Fiction
Thoughts on Being
Over the last several days, weeks, and perhaps my entire life, I've reflected on what it means for me to be a woman in the United States and in the world as we know it. Growing up, throughout my many lives; a young girl on a tiny island; a blossoming teen in an even tinier small rural town; to a seemingly older and older adult chasing bigger and bigger cities; I have been predominantly raised and inspired by almost exclusively women. After my parents divorce, I was raised by my mother and grandparents* with on and off weekend visits with a father I wasn't allowed to be alone in the same room with. I was active in Girl Scouts, Women in Engineering (during my ill-fated stint as a chemical engineering major), Society of Women Engineers (yes those are different), and a sorority. I was surrounded by friends, mentors (like my high school chemistry teacher who I seem to be more and more like every day), and family that showed me all the many ways a woman could be. None of which were incapable, fragile (baring how we as humans are all fragile), dumb, or helpless as the rest of the world was trying to convince me.
By A poem to you4 years ago in Viva
